Mestwin I, Duke of Pomerania
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Mestwin I [1] [2] (Latin: Mestvinus dux Pomeraniae, Polish: Mściwój I or Mszczuj I; born 1160, died 1/2 May 1217 or 1220) was a Duke of Pomerelia in the years 1207-1220.
In the tables of Oliva, he is recorded as „pacificus“, the peaceful. His rule was under the Danish hegemony over the southern coast of the Baltic Sea which had been conquered by Valdemar II of Denmark. In In 1209, as Mestwin I. „dei gracia princeps in Gdanzk"[3], he had founded a nun monastery and several villages between the rivers Radaune and Stolpe. 1210, Mestwin paid homage to the Danish King who had also conquered Gdanzk during a crusade of the Old Prussians.
As son of Sobiesław I of Gdańsk, and a brother and successor of Sambor I, he was a member of the Samborides dynasty. He was married to Swinisław, daughter of Mieszko III the Old.
He had eight children:[4]
- Swantopolk II of Pomerania
- Sambor II of Tczew
- Racibor of Białogard
- Jadwig, wife of Władysław Odonic
- Miroslawa, wife of Bogislaw II, Duke of Pomerania
- Three other daughters who became nuns
[edit] See also
- Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania (1220-1294)
[edit] References
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- Specific
- ^ On a recently-discovered Seal-stamp of Duke Mestwin I., of East Pomerania," by H. Ernst Strehlke. - The Numismatic Chronicle, p. 158, Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain), 1966 [1]
- ^ (German) Gumowski (1966). Handbuch der polnischen Siegelkunde. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 51, 67, 69.
- ^ Wspomniany Mestwin I ... znamiennym zwrotem nunc princeps in Gdanzk podkreślił, że obecnie już nie w jednym z podrzędnych, ale w naczelnym grodzie się ..., p.59 of Zapiski historyczne, by Towarzystwo Naukowe w Toruniu, Wydział Nauk Historycznych [2]
- ^ Urban, William (2000). The Prussian Crusade, 2nd, Chicago, Illinois: Lithuanian Research and Studies Center, 185. ISBN 0-929700-28-7.
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- General
- Brown Mason, John (1946). The Danzig Dilemma: a Study in Peacemaking by Compromise. Oxford University Press.
- (German) Hirsch, Theodor; Max Töppen, Ernst Strehlke (1861). Scriptores rerum Prussicarum: Die Geschichtsquellen der preussischen Vorzeit. S. Hirzel.
[edit] Literature
- Theodor Hirsch, Max Töppen, Ernst Gottfried Wilhelm Strehlke: Scriptores rerum Prussicarum: Die Geschichtsquellen der preussischen Vorzeit
- Max Perlbach: Mestwin I., Herzog von Pomerellen. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Bd. 21, Leipzig 1885, S. 503–504. (German)
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